Liquid dispensing valve



July l, 1941. 1'. l. Tl'rus mQUID bIsPENsING VALVE Filed Jan. 26,v l1939 2 sheets-sheet 1 6/ .www/M TH.. w/m a 3 wwe@ y m im 6. #,wf .n mw 4 July 1, 11941. l T, T|TU$ 2,247,976

LIQUID DIsPENsING vALvE Filed Jan. 26,1939 2 sheets-sheet 2 Thomas L, Titus 5)/ h//iilebea Voy/ Per' a/f/ differ/7ans Patented July l, 1941 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE;

LIQUID DISPENSING VALVE Thomas L.r Titus, Denver, Colo., assignor to The Wyott Manufacturing Company,

Cheyenne,

Wyo., a corporation of Wyoming Application January 26, 19,39, Serial No. 252,891

i12 claims. 4gol. 251-134) This invention relates to liquid dispensing valves.

The invention will be described in termsof its operation in dispensing coffee from a coffee urn into a cup, this being one of its intended eX- tensive uses and one which clearly illustrates its construction and operation and its obvious capability of use in a large variety of structures and for a large variety of liquids. f f l Objects of the invention are to provide a valve structure of the class described which' (a)V shall be very compact (b) shall bepositive in' operation, (c) slows the initial flow of'lquid on opening of the valve, (d) can be readily disassembled and opened up for easy cleaning (e) requires no adjusting but, when assembled, is and remainsl in proper adjustment and (f) is simple, economical and substantial in original construction as well as in operation, l(g) embodies improved means for limiting the valve-opening movement and (h) has improved means for locking the valve structure.

With these and other objects'in View, all of which will hereinafter more fully appear, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed and of which an illustrative embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Fig. l is a vertical section of a coffee urn and of a device constructed according to this invention attached to said urn, showing the valve closed.

Fig. 2 is a View like Fig. 1 but on a reduced scale, showing the valve open, showing certain parts in elevation, the fragment of the urn and a portion of the connecting and valve supporting structure being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the' device shown'in fragment of a Figs. 1 and 2 but showing a handle for operating the valve instead of the cup operable lever shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with parts in valve-closed'position.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the lock washer;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device with the cup operated lever as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 6 is a view like Fig. 3 but showing parts in valve-open position.

Fig. 7 is a sectional fragmentary view ofthe spout, valve seat and valve in closed positionin l modified form to slow the initialow of liquid. Fig. 8 is the same as Fig. '7 except that valve is shown partly open. I'

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-9 of Fig. 1.1' I Pipe I mounted in the wall of um Zbyany liquid tight seat for seat I5 will be at the which plug may be integral suitable means as collar 3 serves as a supporty for housing 4, which has a bore 5, normally closed at one end by knurled and threaded plug 6 and is ared at the opposite end as at 1 to form a tapered end 8 of pipe I, the housing 4 being fastened to pipe I by connecting ynut 9 engaging snap ring Ill seated in groove II in pipe I, the nut 9 being threaded onto nipple I2 as clearly shown in the drawings. Nipple VI3 depending from housing 4 receives threaded spout Ill which is internally bevelled at its upper end to form seat I5 for conical valve I6. The parts are relatively so proportioned that when spout I4 is fully inserted intonipple vI3 desired predetermined point for the purpose hereinafter disclosed.

The bore of nipple ing 4 above bore 5 and upwardly through bonnet I1 to the plug I8 in the upper end of said bonnet, with the bonnet as illustrated.

The plug I8 has a conical seat I9 and a 'central bore 20.' The main vertical bore from bore 5 to' plug I8 is indicated at 2| and within borerZI, the valve and certain associated parts' are posi-'1 tioned and operate.

i The portions of the valve structure which move in opening and closing the valve will 'now be described.

' The valve assembly comprises the valve-head 22'loosely slidable in bore `2l, and Vhavingstem 23 s'lidable in bore 20 and having annular groove 24'for lock'washer later described.

Surrounding stem 23 is compression spring'25'- seated at its ends 'upon the top of head'22 andV the bottom of cup 26 respectively. Spring l25 may be definitely positioned to avoid contact with both the stem 23 and the wall of bore2l by having' its'4 lower end affixed in the appropriate position, to head 22 and by a pilot 21 depending from cup 26. The'cup 26 carries a packing 28of suitable matrial Yto fit into seat I9, it being understood that pilot 21, cup 26 andpacking v28 are centrally bored to provide a sliding fit for stem Lifting sleeve' 29. has a' reciprocable sliding lit over bonnet I1 and'is provided with a substantially broad base 30 which rests upon lifting plate 3| fulcrumed'in housing- 4 as at 32 andu adapted to'lift sleeve 29 when raised as illustrated at Figs.

2 and v' Liftin'gsleeve 29 isfso'proportioned that-.when and sleeve -29seated there#4 plate '3I is at rest on the top ofv 'sleeve2`9 will lbe at afsuitable point,-

I3 continues through housshown at Fig. 1. Dust cap 35 is preferably provided'for prol tecting the above described Washer 33 in position.

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Preferably the groove 24 is so positioned, as` illustrated, that when washer 33 is engaged there# in and the valve is closed, washer, 33 Willrest on the top of bonnet I'| and sleeve 29 as clearly parts and to retain Housing 4 is preferably flat-tened on top as at j 1 36 to provide a fseatfor lifting plate 3| which has elongated opening 3Ia which permits plate 3|l to surround' bonnet |1 and to be tipped `relativelto bonnetv I1. When the plate 3| is tipped upon its fulcrum, sleeve 29 is raised which lifts Washer 33 which, in turn, lifts valve stem 23 and opens the valve, compressing spring and permitting ilicuidto flow from out of spout I4.

bore 5 down through-and Plate 3| is conveniently fulcrumed inthehou-s# ing 4 by provid-ing fulcrumpin 32-slidabl-e through housing .14 and through depending ears 3'I, retaining nuts 38 being threaded on the ends of pin 32. The plate 3| may be tipped by a depending lever 39, operable byl pressure of a cup there-v against or by a handle 4U." Nofstopfis required `for thecup lever 39 because the operator will naturally hold Vthe cup beneath thespout vI 4 and a cup hel-d in this position Willdisplace lever 39 just far enough to open the valvethe desired amount. v j

Q. The handle '40 is so angled ,relative to plate 3| that it will contact .plug `Ii when .the valveA is opened to the desired extent as illustrated at Fig. 6. Plug 'E acts asastop.

It will be understood Vthatspring 25 :and the pressure of the liquid join in holding packing 2U inliquid tight contact with seat I9 land, because of the inclination lof the seat, with stem 23.

The modi-cation illustrated'at Figsl and 8 is desirable especially where -the'liqui-dy is under a considerable head oase of a high urn ywhen substantially Afull In vsuch case the sudden opening ofthe valve is apt to shoot a stream into the cup with such force that it will slop over.

` To obviate this objectionable resul-t the bore in the upper part of spout I4 may be enlarged vas Aat `4I and valve seat I5 is formed at the bottom of the enlarged portion of the bore so thatvalve head 22 projects within enlarged bore 4 a clearance being provided between the head 22Iand bore 4| .so that Vwhen valve I 6 is lifted off seat I5 a limited vlamount of liquid will flowdown around head 22 within 'bore 4| andfdown'a'nd out of the spout. These part-s fare proportioned 4to allow passage, around'hea'dy 22 within boref4|,.of an amount-of liquid insuici'ent to fill spout' |14 so that such rliquid Will drop' from. the spout x simply by gravity. The partsf are further so"l pro-l portioned that by the time the upper fedge'I Ba' of'v-alve I6Y passes the upper edge of bore'4I` andv fully opens thel valve for passage-'of liquid lu'iderv pressure, 4there will have been depositedin (the cup a' small amount of liquid'whichi-willmtend to prevent the splashing Tof `the liquid, Which-.is

The lock-Washer arrangement has a particular usein addition to the part it plays in .the ease of assembling :and disassembling the struc-ture.

so that lthe making of a new supply of coffee may start in an 'empty urn while another urn still contains a substantial quantity, thus alternlatingthe -urns in use.

` To lock this valvestructure it is necessary only to remove dust cap and lock Washer 33, placing thewasher in a receptacle convenient to the urn and replacing'the ldust cap for appearan-ce'sake. When .an un-locked urn is empty the 'dust cap on the locked urn is removed, 'the lock washer is placed inV position as shown irl-Fig. 1, the dust cap is replaced and the urn is unlocked and ready for use.

. WhilelI'vhave illustrated 'and described many details of-v construction I desire not to be confined to such details because many variations and modificationsy and equivalents thereofvwill be Yobviousfto thosejskilledvin the art, withinthe spiritr and scope of this invention, the foregoing specification and the appended claims.

I claim: 1

1. Ina valve structure having a housing and a valve therein and a valve-stem-bonnet projecting from the housing andra valve stem reciprocable within and projecting beyond the endof the bonnet, a lifting sleeve reciprocable on the bonnet, .a member engaging the stem beyond the end of the bonnet andlyingpar'tially in the path Y lifting. sleeve encircling the bonnet `between-the stem engaging member and the actuating means.

4. In a structure -as defined in Vclainrl, the stem having :a transverse groove norm-ally adjacent the outer end ofthe casing and the stem' engaging `member being disk-like and Vhaving a notch adaptedtovengage ksaid groove, said disk-like member, when thus engaged with the stem, being fadapted'to project .beyondthe sides of the casing intoxthe pathof Vreciprocation of the lift` ingsleeve.'V f 5. In a structure as defined in claim 1, a cylindrical cap frictionally engaging the periphery of,

and carried by, said sleeve.

6.In a valve L4structure havinga housed valve, a bonnet. vand a valve stem reciprocable within; andthrough the end of,.the bonnet, a stem lifting `member reciprocably sleeved on the bonnet, a separate andl-manuallyjremovable member engaging Athe stem adjacent-the end of-,the'bonnet when the valve is closed; saidmember lying para tiallyin the path o f movement of said lifting member and means for reciprocating said lifting member on'theibonnet and against saidstem engaging member whereby tov lift the valvestem.

a bonnet and 7. In a valve structure as defined in claim 6, the stem engaging member having a slidable interengagement with the stem.

8. In a valve structure having a housed valve, a valve stem reciprocable Within, and through the end of, the bonnet, a stem lifting member reciprocably sleeved on the bonnet, a separate and manually removable member engaging the stem adjacent the end of the bonnet` when the valve is closed, said member extending beyond the sides of the bonnet and into the path of movement of said lifting member and means for reciprocating said lifting member on the bonnet and against said stem engaging member whereby to lift the valve stern.

9. In a valve structure as defined in claim 8, in which the engaging member does not extend beyond the path of movement of the lifting l member.

engaging the stem adjacent the end of the bonnet when the valve is closed, said member lying par tially in the path of movement of said lifting member and means for reciprocating. said lifting member on the bonnet and against said stem engaging member whereby to lift the valve stem and a` cap enclosing the end of the stem and the stem engaging member and frictionally engaging, and carried by, the lifting member.

11. In a valve structure having a bonnet and a valve stem reciprocable through the end of the bonnet, a stem lifting sleeve reciprocable on the bonnet, a member having transversely slidable interengagement with the stem, said member when engaged with the stem projecting beyond the Walls of the bonnet and adapted to be engaged by the lifting sleeve when the sleeve is reciprocated.

12. In a valve struicture as defined in claim 11, a cap` frictionally engaging and carried by the lifting sleeve and enclosing the end of the stem and said member.

THOMAS L. TITUS. 

